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2024

Empowering Rural Women: A Catalyst for Global Change

‘When you empower women, you empower a nation’ As we approach the International Day of Rural Women on October 15, it is crucial to recognise the remarkable contributions of rural women to the socio-economic fabric of our world. These women are at the forefront of food production, natural resource management …

Reducing Carbon Emissions with Green Technologies

The past five years have been the warmest ever for the world, a stark reminder of the urgent need for climate action. The intensifying heat directly results from rising greenhouse gas emissions, which are driving climate change and its devastating impacts. These include more frequent and severe weather events, rising …

Rebuilding Bundelkhand

Few places on Earth exemplify better than the region of Bundelkhand in Central India the adage of ‘resource curse’. Despite its enormous endowment of resource wealth – its rich deposits of minerals (including the only operating diamond mine in India) and dense forests, diverse fauna and flora; its unique history …

Youth Skills Development: Pathway to Peaceful Co-existence

In today’s rapidly evolving world, the role of youth in shaping the future cannot be understated. With their energy, creativity and passion, the youth hold immense potential to drive and foster sustainable development. However, harnessing this potential requires equipping them with the necessary skills to navigate the issues of their …

Shifting Systems, Collectively

Collective action has been an integral part of Development Alternatives’ approach to creating impact at scale. Unique to most civil society organisations in India, we have, since the late 1980s, built programmes around three types of collaborative structures: community partnerships, business networks and policy alliances. In the last decade, the …

Addressing Land Degradation, Desertification and Drought to Tackle Climate Change

Land degradation in Bundelkhand Desertification, land degradation and drought (DLDD) gained attention at the Rio conference in 1992 along with climate change and biodiversity loss.  Emerging from the concern that ecosystems were becoming degraded, affecting livelihoods, reducing resilience to climate shifts, actions for sustainable land management gained momentum. It is …